In the face of initial opposition from their own near and dear ones, the Samarthanam trust came forward to fill the void and decided to get the couple married.
This piece is a very measured response to such messages. What I felt immediately after reading the 'life lessons' was immense anger, followed by disgust and then extreme sadness at how petty people are.
Some of the bride’s families that Kausar met had a problem with the fact that Rakesh was adopted and stayed with a Muslim family. Some of them voiced their apprehension while others just said no to the match.
The procedure currently is that a woman has to file a complaint with police, which then writes to embassies, following which the embassy tries to serve the summons.